El Greco (Carnet d’expo)

Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau

Hardcover | 12.5 x 17.5 x 1 cm | 64 pp

Editions Gallimard | 2019 | 9782072877094

Published in conjunction with the El Greco exhibition at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris. For a pocket size book, this really punches above it’s weight! From the hardcover with rounded corners to the high quality reproductions presented through the use of multiple fold-out pages, this book is a little gem.

The last great master of the Renaissance and first great painter of the Golden Age, Domenico Theotokopoulos (1541-1614), known as El Greco, holds a singular place in the history of art. Rediscovered by the avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century, his work is still viewed today with the eye of modernity, seducing a large audience of lovers of both ancient and contemporary art.